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  1. Lobby

    General sub-forum area. New members must read the stickied posts in the Tales from the Bully Pulpit sub-forum before posting.

    1. Tales from the Bully Pulpit

      Must read stuff and important announcements.
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      1. How to Win Friends and Influence People

      2. Ambiophonics

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    2. General Audio Discussion

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      1. Advice Threads

      2. Leaderboard, Overboard, and Deals

      Latest: The All Purpose Advice Thread Zhanming057 Dec 12, 2019 at 11:39 AM
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    3. Music and Recordings

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      1. Music and Recordings (vinyl , 8-track, etc.)

      Latest: Jazz nuts... richard51 Dec 12, 2019 at 12:14 PM
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    4. The Meeting Place

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      Latest: DC Area Meet - December 15th, 2019 Lou Casadonte Dec 9, 2019 at 7:25 AM
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    5. Audio Science

      Discussion of blind testing, psychoacoustics, and measurement techniques. Also, preliminary, research, and exploratory measurements should generally be posted here unless the results of your measurement rigs have been established and well known. This is to prevent confusion and difficulty in comparing one measurement with another. Excessive insistence on only very difficult to implement double blind testing results in an automatic one week ban or worse.
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      1. Blind Testing and Psychoacoustics

      2. Measurement Techniques Discussion

      Latest: @Makmeksam's good measuring vs. good sounding thread Thad E Ginathom Dec 11, 2019 at 8:28 AM
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    6. All Points Bulletin / Be on the Look Out

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      Latest: APB: Schiit Ragnarok 2 Loaner MrTeaRex Nov 21, 2019
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  2. Personal Audio Gear Discussion

    Personal audio gear reviews , subjective impressions, thoughts, and questions about gear. Any post with a measurement should go in the measurements section below.

    1. Headphones

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      Latest: Audeze lcd-1 hype train getting ready to leave the station? PacoTaco Dec 12, 2019 at 2:47 PM
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    2. Headphone Amplifiers and Combo (DAC/Amp) Units

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      Latest: Monoprice/Cavalli Liquid Spark Headphone Amp – Review dematted Dec 12, 2019 at 4:42 PM
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    3. IEMs and Portable Gear

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      Latest: oBravo Cupid Merrick Dec 11, 2019 at 9:33 PM
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    4. Modifications and Tweaks

      Mods, tweaks, cables, power conditioning, etc.
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      Latest: Darkvoice and Crack Mods Saulb Nov 16, 2019
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  3. Source Gear Discussion

    1. Digital: DACs, USB converters, decrapifiers

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      Latest: Modi Multibit: Multibit for the masses. mykeldg Dec 11, 2019 at 8:40 PM
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    2. Computer Audiophile: Software, Configs, Tools

      Players, streamers, operating systems, settings, tagging, etc.
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      Latest: Roon Discussion Taverius Dec 12, 2019 at 2:33 AM
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    3. Vinyl Nutjob World: Turntable and Related Gear

      Anything related to vinyl playback, turntables, cartridges, phonostages, setup, discussions, measurements, etc.
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      Latest: Cartridge Alignment: Setting Azimuth with a PC and Soundcard lehmanhill Dec 12, 2019 at 3:41 PM
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  4. Two Channel Gear Discussion

    1. Preamps

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      Latest: Schiit Freya + and S Impressions - Stream of Consciousness Riotvan Nov 25, 2019
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    2. Power Amps

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      Latest: Schiit Aegir Power Amp Impressions Caryking Dec 12, 2019 at 3:12 AM
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    3. Speakers

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      Latest: Nearfields for audiophile listening? Psalmanazar Dec 11, 2019 at 8:25 PM
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  5. Measurements (plus subjective impressions)

    Measurements with subjective impressions. Hands, Marv, Ultrabike, AtomicBob, Sorrodje, and cskippy. Unless your measurements have been sanctioned, please post them in the "Audio Science" sub-forum above. To is to prevent confusion as different measurement setups will have different results. Note that Hands' coupler has pinna, which will bump up the 2-3.5kHz region a little bit.

    1. Headphone Measurements

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      Latest: Massdrop x Koss ESP95X Electrostatic Headphone Stream of Consciousness Review and Measurements Elmer Danilovich Dec 10, 2019 at 5:05 AM
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    2. IEM Measurements

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      1. IEM Measurements - La Cenric's IEM Playhouse

      Latest: Drop x JVC HA-FDX1 DD IEM: The second coming of ... zerodeefex Oct 26, 2019
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    3. Headphone Amplifier Measurements

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      Latest: Magni Heresy technical measurements crazychile Dec 5, 2019
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    4. Source Measurements

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      Latest: Massdrop x Grace SDAC Measurements ultrabike Dec 11, 2019 at 8:08 AM
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    5. Portable and Other Gear Measurements

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      Latest: Goldpoint SA1X and SA2X passive attenuator technical measurements Baten Oct 22, 2019
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    6. Measurement Setups, Systems, and Standards

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      Latest: New portable headphone measuring setup cskippy Oct 4, 2019
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  6. SuperBAF Special Sub-Forums

    Some of these sub-forums may be restricted to Friends or Contributors. Of course if you can't see it, then it doesn't exist.

    1. EU Forum

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      Latest: Presumably this will help with the Schiit EU dealers clusterfuck Deep Funk Aug 4, 2019
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    2. Loaner Programs

      Loaner program logistics only. Impressions should be in their respective gear category subforums.
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      1. Closed Loaners

      2. Loaner Requests

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    3. SBAF Blogs

      Please don't start a random blog in this sub-forum. This sub-forum is reserved for VIPs.
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      Latest: Merv's Politically Incorrect Audio Blog Thad E Ginathom Sep 7, 2019
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    4. DIY

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      Latest: Cable Building ohshitgorillas Dec 8, 2019 at 6:37 PM
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    5. For Sale

      HF is probably a better place to reach people for selling most stuff. We reach the same kinds of people as HF, but HF gets 7,000,000 sessions and 35,000,000 pageviews per month. We are about 1000 times smaller and the members here are much more selective in what they purchase.
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      1. Closed (Archived) Sales

      2. Buyer and Seller Feedback (Negative)

      Latest: Continuing to clear out my gear: FS items ufospls2 Dec 12, 2019 at 5:12 PM
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  7. Non-Audio Stuff

    1. Random Thoughts

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      1. City Guides

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    2. Outdoor World

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    3. Geek Cave: Computers, Tablets, HT, Phones, Games

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      1. Lego and Other Building Bricks

      2. Clash of Clans

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    4. Food and Drink

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      Latest: What are you drinking RIGHT NOW? skem Dec 9, 2019 at 6:18 PM
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    5. Musicians and Instruments

      SHow off your musical instruments and post what instruments you have and your musical accomplishments! Even if you play an instrument just as a hobby, please post your pics and descriptions!
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      Latest: Guitar Amp Sims Luckbad Dec 11, 2019 at 7:44 AM
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    6. Photography and Cameras

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      Latest: Post Your Favorite Photos (Must have been taken by you!) james444 Dec 1, 2019
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    7. Cars, Motorcycles, Boats, Airplanes Talk

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      Latest: Car Stereo Enthusiasts here on SBAF? spwath Nov 16, 2019
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  8. Industry Sub-Forums

    1. Product Announcements

      MoTs: Please introduce yourselves first before posting.
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      Latest: New Shanling M0 - Tiny DAP for 109$ Degru Dec 11, 2019 at 1:07 AM
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    2. Beezar

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      Latest: Beezar Audio/ECP Audio History TomB Jul 5, 2019
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    3. Bloom Audio

      https://bloomaudio.com/
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    4. Schiit

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      Latest: The Mike Moffat (#2 at Schiit) Blog Ice-man Aug 28, 2019
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    5. The Source Audio Video Design Group (TSAV)

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      Latest: The Source AV Black Friday netforce Nov 29, 2019
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